Czech Republic has fourth lowest unemployment rate in the EU

The Czech Republic has the fourth lowest unemployment rate in the EU, after
the Netherlands, Germany and Austria, according to figures released by the
Czech Statistics Office on Monday. In 2013 the Czech Republic had an
average 7 percent unemployment rate, compared with the EU average of 11
percent. On the other hand, the country has one of the lowest number of
employed working in part time jobs – 5.8 percent as compared to 50
percent in the Netherlands, and ranks sixth as regards the number of
employed men over 55 years of age -62.6 percent. As regards the number of
employed women over 55 – 41.4 percent -the Czech Republic is below the EU
average now at 43.3 percent.